Category: Tourist Spot

Andy Wirth has been elected as the new chairman of the RASC, the corporation announced today. The new chairman is the also the president and CEO of Squaw Valley ski holdings. He is also a member of the board of trustees at the Reno-Tahoe international airport. The Reno-Tahoe regional air service corporation was instituted to promote business for the airport and improve service delivery within the business.

Accepting the election, Andy Wirth stated that he felt really honored to be made a leader at the corporation. He reiterated that he believed in the potential of the region to do even better in the transportation business. The board gets its membership from the local attractions including the hotel casino properties, and other entities. He stated that air service has always been and will continue to be very crucial to the economy of the region.

Andy has been playing a very instrumental role in the development of airports and the provision of air service for the community and the resorts that are located between Colorado and Quebec. He was involved in the establishment of air service to the Reno Airport with the jet blue service that operates from JFK.

The Reno-Tahoe Regional Air committee was constituted in June 2011. The main aim was to promote the region as a place that tourists can target for round the year travel. RASC was fully incorporated in 2015, giving it the mandate to carry out all the legal requirements of a corporation.

About Andy Wirth

Andrew Wirth was born in July 1963. He is the current president of the Squaw Valley Ski Holdings. He has been involved in the Mountain resort industry for close to 25 years. He started off as a marketer with the Steam Boat Corporation in 1986. This was followed by a move to the Intrawest in 2007, where he served as the Chief Marketing officer. He received recognition by Disabled Sports USA for being a survivor of a skydiving accident that had torn his arm off and led to the arm being reattached surgically. He is an exemplary leader in the tourism industry.